Russia claims it captured the strategic key Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivk
- NewsFeedRussian forces have claimed capture of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region after roughly a nine-month battle.
- The city sits within Ukraine’s “fortress belt,” a defensive network of cities forming Donbas’s main defensive line.
- Ukrainian officials denied the city fell.
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- NewsFeedRussian forces have claimed capture of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region after roughly a nine-month battle.
- The city sits within Ukraine’s “fortress belt,” a defensive network of cities forming Donbas’s main defensive line.
- Ukrainian officials denied the city fell.
Sources: Al Jazeera